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Mitch Moreland

Mitchell Austin Moreland

Positions: First Baseman and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: September 6, 1985 in Amory, MS
High School: Amory HS (Amory, MS)
School: Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 17th round of the 2007 amateur draft.
Signed August 4, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 2010 (Age 24)
Team: Rangers 2010-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$503k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.067, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*],
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2010 24 TEX AL 47 173 145 20 37 4 0 9 25 3 1 25 36 .255 .364 .469 .833 118 68 3 1 0 2 5 3/9
2011 25 TEX AL 134 512 464 60 120 22 1 16 51 2 2 39 92 .259 .320 .414 .733 93 192 9 4 2 3 6 39/D
2012 26 TEX AL 114 357 327 41 90 18 0 15 50 1 1 23 71 .275 .321 .468 .789 105 153 8 1 2 4 5 3/D9
2013 27 TEX AL 48 179 164 22 48 13 1 10 24 0 0 12 34 .293 .341 .567 .908 132 93 6 1 0 2 0 *3
4 Yrs 343 1221 1100 143 295 57 2 50 150 6 4 99 233 .268 .329 .460 .789 106 506 26 7 4 11 16
162 Game Avg. 162 577 520 68 139 27 1 24 71 3 2 47 110 .268 .329 .460 .789 106 239 12 3 2 5 8

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2010 24 TEX AL 47 173 4 1 -1 1 -3 3 0.3 6 9 0.9 .506 .502 0.8 -0.2 8 3/9
2011 25 TEX AL 134 512 -5 -1 -0 -4 -8 -18 -1.8 19 1 0.0 .486 .488 0.4 -1.3 5 $426,000 39/D
2012 26 TEX AL 114 357 -1 -2 0 0 -6 -9 -0.9 13 4 0.3 .492 .494 0.4 -0.7 4 $491,100 3/D9
2013 27 TEX AL 48 179 8 -1 -1 1 -3 4 0.5 6 10 1.1 .508 .502 0.9 -0.1 9 $502,700 *3
4 Seasons 343 1221 6 -3 -2 -2 -20 -20 -2.0 45 25 2.4 .494 .497 2.6 -2.2 27 $1,419,800

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
2010 24 TEX AL 173 114 26 6.1 107 .275 .255 .271 .364 .340 .469 .424 .833 .763 118 .619 4.0 0.4 .857 .400 .214 4.5
2011 25 TEX AL 512 360 61 4.6 106 .290 .259 .268 .320 .335 .414 .424 .733 .759 93 .493 -5.4 -0.5 .662 .239 .155 3.6
2012 26 TEX AL 357 252 48 5.1 108 .306 .275 .268 .321 .334 .468 .431 .789 .766 105 .549 1.6 0.2 .720 .263 .193 1.9
2013 27 TEX AL 179 124 30 6.5 109 .311 .293 .268 .341 .336 .567 .435 .908 .771 132 .639 7.3 0.7 .869 .348 .274 .0
4 Yrs 1221 850 165 5.2 107 .296 .268 .268 .329 .335 .460 .428 .789 .763 106 .552 7.6 0.7 .735 .284 .192 10.7
162 Game Avg. 577 401 78 5.2 107 .296 .268 .268 .329 .335 .460 .428 .789 .763 106 .552 4 0 .735 .284 .192 5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 24 TEX AL ALDS TBR W 4 15 15 1 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .400 .600 6 0 0 0 0 0
2010 24 TEX AL ALCS NYY W 6 21 18 3 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 .389 .450 .389 .839 7 1 0 1 0 0
2010 24 TEX AL WS SFG L 5 15 13 1 6 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 4 .462 .533 .769 1.303 10 0 0 0 0 1
2011 25 TEX AL ALDS TBR W 3 12 10 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .100 .250 .400 .650 4 0 1 0 0 0
2011 25 TEX AL ALCS DET W 3 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .111 .200 .111 .311 1 1 0 0 0 0
2011 25 TEX AL WS STL L 3 10 10 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .400 .500 4 1 0 0 0 0
2012 26 TEX AL ALWC BAL L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (7 Series) 25 84 76 7 19 4 0 3 10 0 0 6 18 .250 .313 .421 .734 32 3 1 1 0 1
1 ALWC 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 7 27 25 2 4 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 .160 .222 .400 .622 10 0 1 0 0 0
2 ALCS 9 31 27 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 .296 .367 .296 .663 8 2 0 1 0 0
2 WS 8 25 23 2 7 1 0 2 4 0 0 2 6 .304 .360 .609 .969 14 1 0 0 0 1

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
2010 24 TEX AL 173 5.2% 20.8% 14.5% 7.5% 35% 1.44 4.0 16.1 5.8 0.66 1.14 59% 24% 14.5% 7%
2011 25 TEX AL 512 3.1% 18.0% 7.6% 7.6% 33% 2.36 5.0 29.0 9.1 0.74 1.04 70% 16% 8.7% 14%
2012 26 TEX AL 357 4.2% 19.9% 6.4% 9.2% 37% 3.09 4.6 21.8 6.5 0.78 0.99 69% 18% 12.0% 14%
2013 27 TEX AL 179 5.6% 19.0% 6.7% 13.4% 50% 2.83 4.8 16.4 6.8 0.65 0.96 68% 20% 14.3% 13%
4 Yrs 1221 4.1% 19.1% 8.1% 8.9% 37% 2.35 4.7 22.0 7.3 0.73 1.02 68% 18% 11.4% 13%
MLB Averages 2.6% 19.0% 8.2% 7.6% 33% 2.32 4.7 35.0 8.3 0.82 1.10 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2010 24 TEX AL 4.0 0.4 180 0.5 3.6 -3.1 1.14 0.5 -0.1 8.0 0.7 0.95 7.3 3.43 3
2011 25 TEX AL -5.4 -0.5 519 -0.0 8.2 -8.3 .94 -0.4 0.4 -3.6 -0.3 0.95 -4.5 2.00 5
2012 26 TEX AL 1.3 0.1 363 -0.1 5.6 -5.7 .90 0.1 -0.1 0.7 0.1 0.97 -0.4 1.23 18
2013 27 TEX AL 7.3 0.7 181 0.1 3.4 -3.3 .94 1.4 -1.2 5.1 0.5 0.91 13.1 0
4 Yrs 7.2 0.7 1243 0.5 20.8 -20.3 .96 1.5 -1.0 10.3 0.9 0.95 15.5 1.63 26

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
2010 24 TEX AL 2 0 20% 56 3 1 75% 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 43% 10 6 4 1 1 0 3 1 2
2011 25 TEX AL 7 0 30% 181 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 1 8 34% 27 20 7 8 4 4 12 6 5
2012 26 TEX AL 2 0 26% 105 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 9 21% 11 10 1 8 7 1 10 6 4
2013 27 TEX AL 2 0 24% 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 31% 9 7 2 0 0 0 4 2 2
4 Yrs 13 0 27% 404 6 4 60% 5 4 0 0 1 0 2 1 9 5 1 2 1 25 31% 57 43 14 17 12 5 29 15 13

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
2010 24 TEX AL 173 87% 37 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.43 9 0 4 9 0 3 6 0 0 0 31 3 10% 17 6 35% 107 17 16% 9 5 56% 6 4 67% 0
2011 25 TEX AL 512 76% 120 10 0 5 0 0 0 2.00 16 0 12 15 1 7 9 0 4 2 50% 103 9 9% 50 13 26% 334 38 11% 24 10 42% 30 18 60% 0
2012 26 TEX AL 357 86% 90 8 0 18 4 1 3 1.23 15 1 15 12 3 10 5 0 2 2 100% 73 8 11% 34 13 38% 251 36 14% 28 13 46% 16 12 75% 0
2013 27 TEX AL 179 60% 48 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 5 9 1 5 5 0 0 0 28 6 21% 12 2 17% 101 14 14% 7 2 29% 1 0 0% 0
4 Yrs 1221 78% 295 24 0 26 4 1 3 1.63 50 1 36 45 5 25 25 0 6 4 67% 235 26 11% 113 34 30% 793 105 13% 68 30 44% 53 34 64% 0
MLB Averages 55% 69% 11% 32% 14% 51% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2010 24 TEX AL 173 688 3.98 426 62% 27% 15% 32% 26% 73% 6% 45% 79% 23% 6% 11 0 15% 26 11 9% 16 7 28% 0 0 0
2011 25 TEX AL 512 1971 3.85 1231 62% 25% 16% 29% 31% 75% 3% 47% 79% 22% 6% 33 2 15% 79 34 8% 42 28 14% 0 0 0
2012 26 TEX AL 358 1393 3.89 881 63% 24% 19% 27% 30% 76% 4% 48% 75% 17% 5% 17 0 16% 59 27 7% 24 17 15% -1 0 0
2013 27 TEX AL 179 713 3.98 462 65% 29% 16% 26% 29% 71% 0% 46% 77% 15% 3% 6 0 11% 20 11 6% 11 6 15% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 1222 4765 3.90 3000 63% 26% 17% 28% 29% 74% 3% 47% 78% 20% 5% 67 2 15% 184 83 8% 93 58 17% -1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 26% 5% 14% 9% 24%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2010 24 47 173 145 20 37 4 0 9 25 3 1 25 36 .255 .364 .469 .833 118 68 3 1 0 2 5
2011 25 181 685 609 80 157 26 1 25 76 5 3 64 128 .258 .331 .427 .758 99 260 12 5 2 5 11
2012 26 295 1042 936 121 247 44 1 40 126 6 4 87 199 .264 .328 .441 .769 101 413 20 6 4 9 16
2013 27 343 1221 1100 143 295 57 2 50 150 6 4 99 233 .268 .329 .460 .789 106 506 26 7 4 11 16

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2010 24 47 171 144 19 36 4 0 9 24 3 24 36 .250 .357 .465 .822 24 47
2011 25 134 509 462 58 118 22 1 16 50 2 38 92 .255 .316 .411 .727 59 134
2012 26 114 353 324 39 87 17 0 14 48 1 22 71 .269 .313 .451 .764 47 114
2013 27 48 177 162 21 46 12 1 10 23 0 12 34 .284 .333 .556 .889 30 48
4 Yrs 343 1210 1092 137 287 55 2 49 145 6 96 233 .263 .323 .451 .775 160 343
162 Game Avg. 162 571 516 65 136 26 1 23 68 3 45 110 .263 .323 .451 .775 76 343

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1916 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Slugging % s c a p y
2013 AL  .567 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2013 AL  .908 (10th)

Games Played s c a p y
2013 AL  48 (2nd)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2013 AL  24 (8th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2013 AL  1.4 (9th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 4 (1881), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1706), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (371st), 1.4 career WAR/1.4 7yr-peak WAR/1.4 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 19) = 68.2 career WAR/43.2 7yr-peak WAR/55.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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